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Down the Kings Road and on to Tromso
... hiking trail and in parts as a farm access road. Once again, we decided to forego glacier hiking (and fjord sailing) and spent a pleasant few hours instead wondering down the Kings Road.
Tromso, the largest town in northern Norway is the embarkation point for the expedition ship taking us to Svalbard. It’s situated way north of the Arctic Circle….but not in the Arctic. There’s much debate and little consensus as to what constitutes the Arctic, ...
Berlin to Stockholm to Oslo to Bergen to Voss pt3
... Norwegians love their Heavy Metal so the place was crawling with metal heads. All the streets were completely packed. Plan A failed so I went to the tourist info place and the sign that greeted me read, 'There are no beds left in Bergen tonight'. Despite this I went and spoke to one of the guys working there and asked him what my options were, his response was, 'do you have a car or a tent?'. I said no to both. He then said, 'your best option is to buy a tent'. Cool, ...
Voss
... nickname Hightower) led us on a wild goose chase trying to find the pool/billiards bar but took us out to the sticks. Luckily my map in my head led us back to town and we found a pub (interesting pub name ;)) to enjoy the World Cup. A relatively quiet night in the end but hey we were buggered from rafting.
(More photos: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1 96196&id=709216226&l=25d51590ff )
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Back of beyond
... our arrival in Voss very welcoming, more so when we discovered our rental apartment had it's back door open out onto the shore of the lake. We had to make the most of the last hours of daylight with a trip up the hillside by cable car for some amazing views over the town and area. Feeling invigorated and refreshed, we thought we'd save some Krona and earn our dinner by hiking back down to town, though this proved to be a lot steeper than anticipated! ...
Norway in a Nutshell
... was a mad rush as all these tourists jumped off to get their hands on snow for the first time - myself included!!
What was it like? Well, since it was the start of summer all the snow was really just like mushy ice and not fluffy or powdery like I imagine it would be when it first falls. Still, that's good enough for someone who hasn't seen real snow before :-) it was also surprising how warm the air was even with all the snow about (as ...
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